Pascha

See also: pascha, paschą, and Paschą

English

Alternative forms

• pascha

Etymology

From Latin pascha (“Passover”), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha, “Passover”), from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (paskha), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh). Doublet of Pasch, paska, paskha, and Pesach.

Noun

Pascha (countable and uncountable, plural Paschas)

1. Passover (biblical, Israelite, Jewish, or Christian Passover; this term also includes Quartodeciman Passover, observed on Nisan 14, especially by Christians in Asia Minor)
2. Easter, the most important Christian religious holy day or feast.
3. Orthodox Christian church services during the week succeeding Easter.

Derived terms

• Kyriopascha
• Paschal, paschal
• crucifixional Pascha / crucifixional pascha (“Ancient Greek: πάσχα σταυρώσιμον”)
• resurrectional Pascha / resurrectional pascha (“Ancient Greek: πάσχα ἀναστάσιμον”)

Adjective

Pascha (not comparable)

1. (attributive) Pertaining to either Passover or Easter (Pascha is an ambiguous term and its meaning depends on context).

   In the Orthodox Christian church, Pascha week is the week succeeding Easter.

Synonyms

• Paschal, paschal

Derived terms

• Pascha egg

Anagrams

• Chapas, pachas, scapha

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish پاشا (paşa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʃa/

• Audio:

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Noun

Pascha m (strong, genitive Paschas or Pascha, plural Paschas or Pascha)

1. (historical) pasha (high-ranking Turkish military officer)
   • 1910, August Bebel, Aus meinem Leben‎^[1], volume 1:

     Wie Gablenz seine Aufgabe auffaßte, zeigt seine Aeußerung: „Ich werde die bestehenden Landesgesetze beachten, damit kein Holsteiner bei meinem eventuellen Wegziehen von hier sagen kann, ich habe rechtlos regiert. Ich will hier im Lande nicht als türkischer Pascha regieren.“

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (figurative, colloquial, derogatory) a patriarch, male chauvinist, who expects to be served by his wife or other females in the household

   Wenn du meinst, du kannst hier den Pascha spielen, während ich für dich koche und dir das Bier ans Sofa bringe, dann hast du dich aber geschnitten.

   If you think you can be the lord and master around here, while I cook for you and bring you your beer to the sofa, you have another think coming.

Declension

Declension of Pascha [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pascha	die	Paschas, Pascha
genitive	eines	des	Paschas, Pascha	der	Paschas, Pascha
dative	einem	dem	Pascha	den	Paschas, Pascha
accusative	einen	den	Pascha	die	Paschas, Pascha

Etymology 2

From Latin pascha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaʃa/, (also, but all less common) /ˈpasʃa/, /ˈpasça/, /ˈpasxa/, /ˈpaska/

• Audio:

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Noun

Pascha n (strong, genitive Paschas or Pascha, no plural)

1. Pascha, Passover (feast)

   Synonym: Paschafest

Derived terms

• Paschalamm

Further reading

• “Pascha” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Pascha” in Duden online
• “Pascha” in Duden online

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin pascha, from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), from Aramaic פַּסְחָא (paskha), from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh). Doublet of pascha and Pesach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpas.xa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -asxa
• Syllabification: Pas‧cha
• Homophone: pascha

Proper noun

Pascha f

1. (Judaism) Pascha (Passover)

   Synonyms: Pesach, Święto Przaśników

2. (Orthodoxy) Pascha (Easter)

Declension

Declension of Pascha

	singular
nominative	Pascha
genitive	Paschy
dative	Passze
accusative	Paschę
instrumental	Paschą
locative	Passze
vocative	Pascho

Derived terms

adjective

• paschalny

Related terms

nouns

• pascha
• Pesach

Further reading

• Pascha in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Pascha in Polish dictionaries at PWN